took

In any case, he had no intention of being caught asleep, so he carried his revolver in its holster on his hip and he took his Winchester with him and leaned it against the fence.

Dean turned from Susan and took Julia Fortune in his arms.

Mike took the bayonet from Dean's hand and slashed the picket line.

I remember being told it would happen so fast people would think it took place overnight.

In the brief moment I had to talk to them before I took my post on the ring of defenses, I indicated I was sickened by the methods men employed to live and trade on the river.

It took him a long time to compose himself.

He took the reins just below the bit and held them firmly, and it was his turn to smile now.

He took it without flinching.

You took me by surprise.

It took them an hour before they came to the first houses of Kelseyville.

Kodyke took the picture in a lean hand, studying it thoughtfully.

After they had finished eating, Melissa took Sprite the kitten under her arm -- `` so that Auntie Grace can teach it about the whistle '' -- and climbed into the station wagon beside her mother.

The forest took on an impersonal aspect.

Then, with a shrug of pretended indifference, she took a compact from her purse and went through the motions of fixing her make-up.

`` Let's go, Marshal '', Brannon said, and took him by the arm.

He lifted the skirt of Macklin's coat, took his gun from its holster, tossed it onto the desk.

His face took on a sudden pallor, became beaded with sweat, and he seemed to have trouble with his breathing.

It took some time to locate Horn.

`` Fred was mighty crude about the way he took in cattle '' his own hired man, Andy Ross, mentioned later.

When Fred Powell's brother-in-law, Charlie Keane, moved into the dead man's home, the anonymous letter writer took no chances on Charlie taking up where Fred had left off and wasted no time on a first notice:

That long ride the four of you took must've given him a good appetite.

He lurched drunkenly to his feet, lowered his head, and took one step away from the wall.

Hez looked up at the high face of Emigrant Rock, official signboard for the Raft River turnoff, and gloated, `` Seems funny that them Burnsides never took time to leave their John-Henry up thar ''.

Separating, they took different sides of the main drag and systematically combed the bars.

Cricket took eight ships and went south across the Straits and along the north coast of Mindanao to Cagayan.